Hey Betty Jack this is Evan, the gay race car driver.
I am trying to get some sponsors so I can race Pro next year and keep moving up the ranks. I have been interested in racing my whole life and always knew it was what I wanted (and needed) to do with my life! I came out when I was 18 and had to leave home. It was very difficult through the years but I eventually saved enough money working as a mechanic to start racing myself (on a very poor budget!). Most of the people in racing now had alot of family support...something I never had. I am still racing today but it is getting more and more difficult financially as I move up the ranks. There has to be a person or group of people out there that wants to see a gay person doing well on tv in Pro races! I am out and not afraid to tell anyone! Most people don't think I am gay but when they find out I usually keep the people as friends and change their outlook on what a "gay" person is.
I had a hard time coming to terms with my parents non-acceptance of me (we stay in contact but they still don't-and never will understand) and want to help our youth through this tough time by being out and in a Pro environment. I wrote an article for Flavor Magazine addressing gay/teen suicide prevention and I hope I can do something to help our community come to terms with this problem through awareness. Here is a link to my website. http://www.edarlingenterprises.com/ It is new and still being fine tuned... I also have a blog http://evandarling.blogspot.com/ to talk to everyone and answer questions. I also did a radio show on worldtalkradio.com http://www.worldtalkradio.com/
show.asp?sid=228 on 2/20/07 you can go to the archive and hear Joshua Estrin and Lady Chablis interview me live!
It is nice to see a website like Gaytona for gay race fans. There are more of us than most people think and maybe with me going Pro in my division we can bring out more gay race fans together!!
Gaytona.com
Racing commentary for gay NASCAR fans by Betty Jack DeVine
Snow on the Speedway!
Thanks to Amy and AJ for this shot of the mini-blizzard Saturday morning at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
2008-03-12 02:49:23 GMT
Comments (1 total)
Author:Anonymous
Good lord! Snow on the track? Anyway, LOVE your site, BJ. I got some fellers that like to play with them little toy slot cars and they LOVE them some full scale Nascar ever now and then. Maybe they'll getcha some "hits"
--Ray
